Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . some of its aspectsis jis toll of men disabled, but stilalive. Of the latter, no disability ap-peals more to our sympathies or crie>more eloquently for aid than blind-ness. The fund which is being col-lected in this country for the English,French and Belgian blind will be de-voted to putting these men in posi-tion to perform some useful serviceand get some enjoyment from life. will be used for the soldiers o:the countries named, but inevitablythe work carried on by its means willresult in benefits which the blin
Perkins School for the Blind Bound Clippings: World War Blind, 1916 . some of its aspectsis jis toll of men disabled, but stilalive. Of the latter, no disability ap-peals more to our sympathies or crie>more eloquently for aid than blind-ness. The fund which is being col-lected in this country for the English,French and Belgian blind will be de-voted to putting these men in posi-tion to perform some useful serviceand get some enjoyment from life. will be used for the soldiers o:the countries named, but inevitablythe work carried on by its means willresult in benefits which the blind ofall the world will share. The treat-ment of blind soldiers will be one ofthe big problems the belligerent na-tions will have to solve and what will help any of them will help all. Nocause could be more deservine: thanthis, and we ti-ust that the fund thatis being collected by Mr. Jireh , of the Five Cents Savingrs bank,will be generously supported. Tauvx-w-^Cow , G-a.^fctiTiz^. Ma,M l^^L^ £)f-WHITE HOUSE BABYK TO NURSE WAR BLINQ y^-tf^^\. Photo by American Press Association Once famous all over the world asthe White House baby, Miss Es-ther Cleveland is preparing to devoteherself to the teaching of blind sol-diers in France. From her home inPrinceton, N. J., she travels everyday to Overbrook, a suburb of Phil-adelphia, to study the system in useat the Pennsylvania Institute for theInstruction of. the Blind. Miss Cleve-lands companion in the dally studyis Miss Maria Osborne, daughter ofthe president of the American Mu-seum of Natural History. When theyare thoroughly efficient in the workof teaching the blind how to takecare of themselves in a world ofdarkness and how to engage in han-dicrafts by which they can supportthemselves, the young women willsail for France and attach them-selves to the American hospital atNeullly, France. Miss Cleveland is42 years old. ALLIESBAZAAR OUT FOR MILLION DOLLARS (< Committee Expects to Surpass This Amount by June 3
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